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PatrickforO

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21. My paternal ancestors were peasants in County Roscommon.

Reply to H2O Man (Original post)

Wed Jul 3, 2019, 10:56 PM

Jul 2019

They grew up on a 14 acre potato farm, and when the great hunger happened my twice great grandfather James came over and landed in New York. He later brought his brothers Patrick and John over. They ended up in Warrensburg, MO.

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A Modest Proposal [View all] H2O Man Jul 2019 OP

But there is a difference.......... MyOwnPeace Jul 2019 #1

I was just thinking about that. Delmette2.0 Jul 2019 #3

True fact. H2O Man Jul 2019 #7

Much of my family came from County Cork. panader0 Jul 2019 #2

Canton, NY H2O Man Jul 2019 #8

My mother made the papers when she swam the St Lawrence seaway panader0 Jul 2019 #10

Wow! H2O Man Jul 2019 #11

When you're on a good sized wave, anything overhead, 8 or 10 feet panader0 Jul 2019 #14

Really, I went to St. Lawrence as well. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #16

Five years ago. H2O Man Jul 2019 #17

Oh, ok. She would be a little younger than me. I graduated about 30 smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #18

Thanks for sharing your family's history Bayard Jul 2019 #4

Thank you! H2O Man Jul 2019 #9

What a thoughtful post malaise Jul 2019 #5

Thanks! H2O Man Jul 2019 #12

K&R and thanks! nt tblue37 Jul 2019 #6

Thank you! H2O Man Jul 2019 #13

I think the difference is in the details Archdruid Grulog Jul 2019 #15

Sure. H2O Man Jul 2019 #19

My ancestors came from Ireland in the 1870s mcar Jul 2019 #20

My paternal ancestors were peasants in County Roscommon. PatrickforO Jul 2019 #21

A very good read, as yours always are, my dear H20 Man... CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2019 #22

Some of my people shanti Jul 2019 #23

K&R... spanone Jul 2019 #24

My Nonno was a marble cutter too stopwastingmymoney Jul 2019 #25

Great post, H2O peggysue2 Jul 2019 #26

Irish DNA is quite the distinct genotype, isn't it? Growing up in Hawai'i, I never knew... Hekate Jul 2019 #31

LOL!! Too true on all counts, Hekate peggysue2 Jul 2019 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author MartyTheGreek Jul 2019 #27

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. The highlight of my day. Thanks. marble falls Jul 2019 #28

Thank you. I was raised on stories of our Irish ancestors. Mom taught me to see the commonality..... Hekate Jul 2019 #29

The anonymity of social media makes it so much NoMoreRepugs Jul 2019 #30